Forging New Partnerships to Create K-12 and K-16 Models

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Forging New Partnerships K-12, K-16
Priorities, with Strategies, Timelines, Champions, and Key Performance Indicators
  1. Feedback on Preparation
    • Centralized at Catholic Center to be to inform Secretary, and be made available to grade schools upon request
    1. Design reporting template (by June 15)
    2. Collect Data ( August 15)
    3. Announce Availability to K-8 Schools & Solicit Requests (August 16)
    4. Pull Requested Data
    5. Disseminate Data (Labor Day)

Champion – Dawn Riggie?
Performance Indicators
  • Number of schools completing data request
  • Number of schools requesting data

  1. Strengthen Curriculum
  • Informed by priority above, identify ways in which the junior high curriculum can be strengthened, in order to provide opportunities for accelerated learning in high school and beyond. Enlist support of high school personnel to evaluate current curriculum and make recommendations on the potential for providing a more challenging option for those students ready for it.
  1. Seek out subject area volunteers from area high schools (Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Religion, Foreign Language, Computers, Art)
  2. Assess the current accelerated program in Mathematics.
  3. Identify possible subject areas where high school subject matter might be handled in eighth grade (Science?) and design a plan to move toward that model
  4. For other subject areas, identify gaps between current junior high preparation and expectations of high school faculty.

Key Performance Indicators
  • Results of grade 8 NYS tests
  • Results of Grade 8 Algebra Regents
  • Results of Grade 8 Regents in other subject areas (Biology, Earth Science)

Champion – Judith Nolan Powell?
  1. Leverage Higher Education Knowledge & Expertise
  • Enlist support of the seven Catholic Affiliated Higher Education Institutions in WNY and seek out their expertise in the areas of enrollment management and development/advancement, and engage their faculty & students in research and experiential education/service learning in the areas of Finance, Information Technology, Marketing, Public Relations, Counseling and Education
  1. Letter to college Presidents from the Bishop recognizing the fact that Colleges are leaders in this field, and that our schools could benefit greatly from their expertise. Point out that there is a progression of students that move from our K-8 schools through catholic high schools and often to their colleges and universities. The health of the catholic education ecosystem is interconnected, and the stronger one sector becomes, the stronger we all will be. (June)
  2. Prioritization of each content area. (June)
  3. Identification of key K-16 volunteers to champion each content area (July)
  4. Identification of key personnel and faculty in priority target areas.(August)
  5. Outreach to key college personnel to request their assistance.(September)
  6. Hosting of meetings (September through May)
  7. Assessment of participants (Ongoing through May)
  8. Identification of content priorities for year 2. (June)

Champion – Dan Ryan?
Key Performance Indicators
  • Number of Participants
  • Number of Sessions
  • Satisfaction of Participants

  1. Engage Catholic Health System

Enlist support of the Catholic Health System and seek out their expertise in the Health Sciences to share through formal curriculum or science enrichment opportunities. Seek out internship, volunteer and shadowing opportunities for students interested in the health sciences.
  1. Identify key personnel in CHS (July)
  2. Establish Speaker’s Bureau for lectures and enrichment (Oct.)
  3. Work with HR to establish internship, volunteer and shadowing opportunities (Dec.)

Key Performance Indicators
  • Number of Guest lecture/presentations
  • Number of Field trips to Laboratories, etc.
  • Number of students participating in shadow/intern/volunteer programs

Champion – Tom Sullivan?